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That is the misreading this record exists to prevent.","binding":"volume-quota","binding_note":"Filehoster bytes are counted, so the package size is the constraint, and it is a worse EUR-per-TB than Premium at every volume (EUR 15.99 vs EUR 12.00 per TB at 750 GB). A client whose 1 TiB month comes from usenet is unaffected; one that comes from filehosters pays more for the same bytes than on the Premium tariff.","identity_cost":{"kind":"email","detail":"E-mail registration plus manual review and a forum account; payment by card, PaysafeCard or Amazon coupon.","country":null},"reliability_note":"Unmetered usenet is the only part not counted; filehoster traffic expires with the term and is billed at up to the full file size when a download manager uses multiple connections.","confidence":"documented","confidence_note":"Package prices, the usenet exemption, connection counts and expiry rules all come from vendor pages read today. Whether the tariff page's 'ab mtl. EUR 5,99' is included in the package price is not stated anywhere reachable, so no combined figure is recorded.","evidence":[{"url":"https://high-way.me/chooseu.php","date":"2026-10-23","proved":"the UNLIMITED package ladder: 1 month 250 GB EUR 9.99, 500 GB EUR 10.99, 750 GB EUR 11.99; 1 year 3 TB EUR 71.99; 2 years 6 TB EUR 143.99"},{"url":"https://high-way.me/pages/tariffs/","date":"2026-10-23","proved":"'UNLIMITED, ab mtl. € 5,99', 'Usenet mit 20 Verbindungen', 'Usenet ohne Trafficanrechnung', 'TV ohne Trafficanrechnung'"},{"url":"https://high-way.me/help/terms","date":"2026-10-23","proved":"the 30-day month definition, package expiry, and the _Keep rules for carrying traffic into a new package"}],"verdict":"qualifies-with-caveat","verified_at":"2026-10-23T01:57:49.000Z","price_per_tb_month":"EUR 15.99 per TB per 30 days at 750 GB for EUR 11.99; EUR 24.00 per TB at 3 TB for one year (EUR 71.99); usenet unmetered","notes":"at that volume the effective rate is EUR 39.96 a TB, the worst, and the tier only becomes sensible when usenet carries the bulk. 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